Riefel Surname
Approximately 330 people bear this surname
Riefel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 119 | 1:1,798,944 | 58,246 |
| United States | 57 | 1:6,358,929 | 302,882 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Netherlands | 40 | 1:422,179 | 43,576 |
| Uruguay | 30 | 1:114,392 | 10,866 |
| Austria | 23 | 1:370,236 | 39,193 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Riefel Demographics
Average Riefel Salary in
United States
$49,362 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Riefel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Riefel Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Riefel is found in Brazil more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Riefel? popularity and diffusion
Riefel is the 835,661st most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 63 percent of Riefel reside; 45 percent reside in South America and 36 percent reside in Luso-South America.
This last name is most frequently used in Brazil, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 1,798,944. In Brazil Riefel is primarily found in: Rio Grande do Sul, where 90 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 8 percent are found and Paraná, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Brazil this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 17 percent are found and Germany, where 17 percent are found.
Riefel Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Riefel has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Riefel surname expanded 950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Riefel Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Riefel surname are 10.37% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 57.14% registered to vote for the party.
Riefel earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 14.4% more than the national average, earning $49,362 USD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Riefel
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